PM Beelzebub. There's plenty of players who surf this website daily yet don't participate in IGBL. Shake off the old gravboots and help SPC reclaim glory.

please see public forum post - it's stickied.

for Independence day. IGBL will resume with Week 3 on July 11th.

Is posted!

Don't forget to predict! IGBL will start next weekend!

Visit the forum thread for full details and match times!. Winner of the tournament receives bragging rights and a post-season tiebreaker.

Regular season starts the sunday after!

Preseason starts this coming sunday! All squads will be required to play 2 games during preseason to demonstrate that they have the ability to show to matches. Preseason will be three weeks long, so there is no need for squads to schedule a match this week if they choose not to. This will give some more time to new squads who are still filling out their roster.

Please see the public forums to schedule match times.

Dads beats etc. in 6 games to win BagMan Cup.

crimson has mentioned in the forums that the site will be going down at some point this week for maintenance. Expect it to be down for "several hours". There is no exact timeframe for when this will be occurring.

While I have your attention, I'd like to also mention that crimson has had the website up and running quite smoothly with very, very little downtime and has also contributed his time to code and update the website when requested. If you have some spare change and haven't yet donated to at least offset the costs of running the site, please think about donating to the IGBL website. The PayPal donate button can be found on the bottom-left of the website. Thank you.

Week 1 of playoffs is up, and part of week 2.

Hooligans & Legendary face off in a best of 3 at 7:00 PM in the inter-division matchup for 5th spot.

The winner plays Rare immediately after at 8:30 in a best of 5 with the winner earning a semi-final berth in the BagMan Cup championship playoffs (vs. #1 Dads).

The loser of Hooligans vs Legendary plays Ubernauts at 8:30 in a best of 3, in a BOTR semi-final match.

Good luck to all squads this playoff season.

Division play schedule is up, check your times & remember to predict.

Roster lock goes into effect this Friday at 6:00pm eastern. Locked

Alex Scheer aka Dain Gandalf died early friday morning.

Alex was a great member of this community and we have been diminished by his death.

You will be remembered and missed, Dain.

Rest in peace.

1. runclock is 3:30. This is a runclock NOT a shotclock. Runclock turns off when the ball enters the white box inside the nme goal.
2. runclock from the previous team is cancelled after an opponent steals it and completes one safe pass. If the opponent is past their own 30, their runclock will start then, otherwise it will start when they pass it.
3. if a runclock expires, the opposing team will be awarded the ball and must be allowed to pick it up 1st and complete a pass.

Godsend & Ubernauts have switched their week 5 and 6 matches vs. Samurai Pizza Cats

This Sunday March 14th at 8:30pm is now SPC vs. UB

Next Sunday March 21st at 8:30pm is now SPC vs. GS

Remember to update your week 5 predictions!

From Military Police

"Infantry Evolved seems like a fitting title as the third installment in our news series with Continuity and Reloaded, heh. I'd like to announce news that players have been keenly awaiting. Satori and I have been pushing for this for quite some time and we're now expecting the implementation of the patch very soon. It'll be great to have games characterized by equal competition again and no hacker crashes. I'd like to thank Jeff Petersen for taking time out of his schedule to work on this patch. I'm not sure if you'll see him in the game at all, but if you do, please extend to him the appreciation that he deserves. Thanks to the community for being patient."

Go here to arrange/confirm matches.

Award voting is up. If you voted last night (Sunday 20th) please re-vote for Atlas award again at bottom of poll page. Nominations were msicounted.

Posted by Bok'choy:

With GBPL season right around the corner, Kuja and I, with the approval of Dunebug. the 'GBPL King' have uploaded Junds vs Orions, aka: JvO, aka: GBlitz to League Test Zone. This is not to confuse people with Jokers vs Lions, aka: JvL, one of the maps in the running for season 15 IGBL. All of those who were active during the regular IGBL season (14) should still have their pemits. If you are in need of one, please message Kuja or Bok'choy in game or on the website.

JvO / Blitz Settings:
Win by 5 goals
Pub bike speeds
Pub death timer
League carry time
30 minute match timer
60 seconds start timer
Scramble at 20 seconds
5v5 format with queue (its blitz after all)
Centralized ball spawn

Special Settings:
Spawn with rep
Spawn with pd
Pub immob
League stun
League jam w/ higher velocity
Chuckers, no huckers
Extra time
Rapid bombs
Multiple octanes
Rocket rain does spawn rarely
***All specials spawn on the map, but they had there spawn rates adjusted to fit the smaller map size.

From this thread started by Dunebug:


The draft has started;

You can check it out at http://gbpl.gravball.net/draft

there's a link in the news page on http://gbpl.gravball.net

The turn order is Allustrious, Dain (Allanon), Rainer, then Papa (FUCK). It's a snake draft.

You have to be logged in to view the draft page.
And I don't think you can register during the draft... I'll have to check on that.
Accounts set to 'inactive' in the player list are not draftable.

It's gonna be a multi-day process. Pop into the live chat anytime to witness proceedings and cuss out your fellow GB'ers.

Congratulations to Rare who swept Hooligans (4-2, 1-0, 3-1, 3-0) in the final to win their 3rd league championship.

IGBL Season 15 will begin in early January after Christmas & New Year holidays.

After a hard fought season involving new rules, and skill division component for tougher opposition, it's all boiled down to the final match. Hooligans, last season's holders an undefeated season 13 regular season record, but who were upset by an underdog opponent in the semi-finals now find themselves in the Cinderella position: A squad who began the playoffs seeded 6th and in division II, beating 3 opponents, including undefeated "The Federer Reserve", and sporting a perfect 8-0 playoff record along the way.

Hooligans face off against Rare, recently season 10 and 12 champions who punched their ticket into the final with a close 1 goal difference game 5 victory over "etc". After a tough start, and some roster turmoil they've been playing hard to prove they still have the right stuff.

Shaping up to be a highly entertaining final, with two squads well known for their elite players with a reputation of pulling off clutch & spectacular plays.

7:00PM - BagMan Cup championship
Rare vs. Hooligans

7:00PM - Pirates' Jug final
Amateur Hour vs. Godsend

The SPC v SPC & TFR v TFR matches in schedule are placeholder, they play winner of an earlier match.

week 1 (Nov 22nd)
7:00
Amateur Hour vs. Hooligans (relegation match, best of 3)

8:30
Samurai Pizza Cats v. Winner Hool./AH (best of 5)
Reclipse v Ubernauts (best of 3)


week 2 (Dec 6th)
6:00
The Federer Reserve vs SPC or winner Hool./AH (best of 5)
loser Hool./AH v winner Recl./Uber. (best of 3)

8:30
Rare v etc (best of 5)
Godsend v X-tasy (best of 3)


Week 3 (Dec 13th)
7:00
BagMan Finals (best of 7)
BOTR finals (best of 5)

Note your match times & don't forget to predict.

Rosters will be locked on Wednesday October 28th.

No more recruiting is allowed as of that date, captains can still toggle player modify status.

-If a player gains a "super jump" to enter goal zone by clipping the edge of a wall, any goal scored by means of this exploit will not count. Ref will grant ball possession to defending team using runclock rule #4 procedures.

Some people have been abusing this lately, it's an exploit plain and simple. Don't try it in league, and you shouldn't be doing it in scrims or pub either. Cheating is lame and disrespectful to everyone.

In other news, Seth resigned his council duties. He's been replaced by Cruel.

There's a little bug on the schedule where pre-season games that have been played & regular season matches are on same round even though they have different dates. Just ignore the August pre-season matches it should be cleaned up soon.

Remember to predict!

Hey guys, we're looking to hire more refs still. It's not a tough job and most of you are on anyways sunday night to play your match and maybe watch one or two.

The more people with sign up, the easier it is for everyone. Help out the league, private message Slick now to apply, and do your part to make season 14 successful.

Confirmed returning and proposed new squads may now begin recruitment:

Confirmed returning squads from season 13:
Samurai Pizza Cats
Hooligans
Rare
Godsend
Ubernauts

Proposed new entries (& captain) to season 14:
X-tasy - zyn
Amateur Hour - papa
etc - yumy
The Federer Reserve - scottocs

(New squads do not appear on squad list until they add a member)

The council has reviewed community discussion and made some decisions on where we are going next season. There is also some things that will be tested on a trial before being voted upon for addition. See the thread on the public forum for details.

Congratulations to the winners!

Party - Ubernauts
Gravers - Seth
Jokers - rbt
Angel - Realm
Judges - Realm
Skipper - yumy
Wingman - Legacy

President's - Hooligans (77.35 avg rating)
Golden Ball - ANIMALS (46.62%)

1. Both referees and captains are responsible for taking stats at the end of a game.

2. If a player disconnects and was not in the game when stats are taken, that player's stats are typically not saved.

3. Once stats are uploaded to the IGBL website, they cannot be changed.

4. All players are expected to remain in the arena at least one minute after a game, or until the referee announces that stats are taken. (IGBL Rules - Games: 6a)



The main reason I'm posting this:
If anyone notices that a player disconnected (including/especially said player), stats should be taken again when the player returns, and saved as that player's name (i.e.: dain.txt), and sent in to either the match referee, Edd87, or myself AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Statistics are typically uploaded as quickly as possible so we don't have to do it later. The longer you wait to let someone know, the chances become exponentially higher that the player's stats will be lost forever. Please note: as soon as a referee uses the *wipe all command, it is impossible for previous stats to be saved.

Also, do not abuse this and tamper with stats if this occurs. If caught, not only will we stop allowing player sent-in stats, but other penalties may be created. It's just not worth wasting your time and ours. Thank you.

The server costs me $20 a month to host.

Please donate a little money to keep the site up and running. Donation link is on the left menu at the bottom.

Thanks,
Crimson